How To Install tarlz on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tarlz on Debian 12.
What is tarlz
tarlz is:
Tarlz is a combined implementation of the tar archiver and the lzip compressor.
By default it creates, lists and extracts archives with lzip on a per file basis. Each tar member is compressed in its own lzip member, as well as the end-of-file blocks. This method adds an indexed lzip layer on top of the tar archive, making it possible to decode the archive safely in parallel. The resulting multimember tar.lz archive is fully backward compatible with standard tar tools like GNU tar, which treat it like any other tar.lz archive.
Note: tarlz has currently no support for xattr (Extended attributes)
There are three methods to install tarlz on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install tarlz Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install tarlz using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tarlz
Install tarlz Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tarlz using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tarlz
Install tarlz Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install tarlz using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tarlz
How To Uninstall tarlz on Debian 12
To uninstall only the tarlz package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tarlz
Uninstall tarlz And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tarlz and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tarlz
Remove tarlz Configurations and Data
To remove tarlz configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tarlz
Remove tarlz configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tarlz configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tarlz
Dependencies
tarlz have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tarlz package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
